ALLAN BEST

Allan Best is Senior Scientist in the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, and Clinical Professor, Health Care and Epidemiology at UBC. His career focus is integration of behavioural and social science research into health services innovation. Dr. Best was founding Chair of the world’s first interdisciplinary department focused on health promotion. He received the O. Harold’s Warwick prize for outstanding contributions to cancer control and has been elected Fellow by the Canadian Psychological Association, Society of Behavioral Medicine and American Psychological Association. Dr. Best became President of the new Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research in May 2005.